JHS alum Jashaud Stewart competing for starting spot on Arkansas defensive line

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KAIT) – A Jonesboro native is faring effectively at Razorback soccer observe.

Jashaud Stewart is within the combine for a beginning spot at defensive finish. The JHS alum met the media after Wednesday’s exercise.

“I modified so much by simply getting slightly bit larger,” Stewart mentioned, “After final season, my sophomore season, I used to be like 235 (kilos). I bumped as much as 250. So gaining weight. And Coach Adams coming in and instructing new methods. And it simply made me an entire higher participant.”

Stewart is getting rave opinions from Razorback gamers and coaches for his excessive motor. “I really feel like if I don’t go 100%, I really feel like I’m letting my teammates down,” Stewart added. “Or if I don’t go full pace and all the things, I really feel like I received’t be glad once I come off the sphere. Simply making an attempt to do my job, it simply helps me so much. Simply studying from my different teammates, and so they believing in me actually assist me with this transition of working with the 1′s.”

Stewart performed in all 13 video games final season on protection and particular groups. He recorded 7 tackles. Arkansas line of defense coach Deke Adams has seen loads of progress from #58 within the trenches.

“You understand, we began out within the spring, and he was very uncooked,” Adams mentioned. “However one factor you couldn’t deny about him: He performed very onerous, he ran to the soccer. Did lots of nice issues in that facet. However then as he began to be taught the system, be taught what we had been doing, and be higher basically, then he began to change into this dude that I didn’t assume he was going to be straight away. Proper now, he’s enjoying onerous, he’s being bodily. He’s enjoying with an ideal pad stage, he’s working to the ball, he understands the system. And he’s doing lots of nice issues for us proper now.”

We’re 10 days away from Razorback soccer. #19 Arkansas hosts #23 Cincinnati on Saturday, September third. Kickoff is at 2:30pm on ESPN.

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